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Bombardier ALFRED RAYMOND PURKISS

Service Number: 1451093
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

55 (The Suffolk Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 27 January 1945

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

3. F. 8.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Lily M. Purkiss, of Beyton, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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